The Martial Unity

"Both of those options individually are unviable," Rui shook his head. "Especially the first one. If all the esoteric supplies go missing from the dungeon, and suddenly a mysterious source appears on the market selling gigantic quantities of those very same esoteric resources appears, every force with a vested interest in the esoteric supplies of the Shionel Dungeon would investigate the matter aggressively. I'm sorry to say that not even your stealth is enough to save us from that predicament. Furthermore, even if you magically had the ability to evade investigation with your stealth, there are two entities who would we will most likely not be able to fool even then."

"And who would that be?" Kane raised an eyebrow.

"The Shionel Merchant Guild and the Martial Union," Rui explained.

The atmosphere grew more solemn.

"Do not forget that even the Martial Union is a competitor for the resources of the Shionel Dungeon, and the Kandrian Royal Family is one as well," Rui calmly explained.

"But why those two specifically?" Kane asked.

gain information on us," Rui explained. "The Shionel Adventurer Guild requires all Martial Artists to register in their guild as adventurers with valid proof of identity, even if we do not undertake commissions from the guild, to enter the Shionel Dungeon. That, along with the fact that they have information on all suppliers,

Martial Union find out?" Kane

on us," Rui sighed. "Even if we do our best to conceal our abilities,

makes a lot of sense," Kane nodded, absorbed in

but we are still citizens of the Kandrian Empire," Rui

that be considered treason, then?" Kane

"Treason is the act of betraying one's country by breaking one's sworn allegiance to the state or one's oaths and vows. What we would be doing is merely engaging in the very common business of resource acquisition and sales, and we'd be simply doing it with an extreme degree of success, at the indirect cost

you sure?" Kane raised an eyebrow. He was rather intent on staying far away

cannot justify adjusting the definition of 'treason' to include indirect harm by successful fair competition against the state's commercial ventures. If they even dare to pass such a tyrannical and oppressive amendment to the Royal Constitution, the Kandrian Empire's economy would collapse due to the mass migration of businesses that are afraid of being charged with treason.

does make a lot of sense.

to be put in a situation where the Martial Union and the Shionel Merchant Guild know that we are acting against their interests by monopolizing the resources extracted from

Shionel Merchant Guild, right? The amount of esoteric organic and mineral resources that they